Transcript Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

Space Situational
Awareness (SSA)
Users Perspective
29 April 2009
Col Shawn Barnes
AFSPC/A5C
This briefing is for information only. No U.S. government to sell, loan, lease, co-develop or coproduce defense articles or services is implied or intended
Purpose
• Communicate the importance of a robust space
environmental sensing, data sharing and information
processing infrastructure to support US SSA needs
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Overview
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Space Systems/Services Impacts
Space Situational Awareness (SSA) & the Environment
Environmental SSA Components
Need for Partnerships
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Space Weather—System/Service Impacts
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The Environment and SSA
Effects Attribution/Prediction: Protection/Mitigation
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SSA Definition
SSA: “…SSA involves characterizing, as
completely as necessary, the space
capabilities operating within the terrestrial
environment and the space domain. It
includes components of ISR; environmental
monitoring, analysis, and reporting; and
warning functions….”
Environmental Monitoring: “… includes the
characterization, analysis, and prediction of
space weather (e.g., solar conditions),
terrestrial weather near important ground
nodes, and natural phenomena ....
Operators must be able to differentiate
between natural phenomena interference
and an intentional attack on a space system
in order to formulate an appropriate
response.”
Joint Publication 3-14, Space Operations;
Jan 2009
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Environmental SSA--Components
• OBSERVE environmental conditions
• Sensors—Provides eyes on the space environment
• PROCESS sensor data
• Environmental Models—Actual & forecast picture of the
space relevant environment
• DETERMINE EFFECTS
• Data Fusion—Environmental impacts on
system/mission operations
• INTEGRATE EFFECTS
• Via C2 System
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National Cooperative Efforts
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DoD Space Operations
NOAA (SWPC)
USGS
LANL
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Current Capabilities
ACE – Provides ~1 hr warning for storming
SOHO – Imagery – detects Coronal Mass Ejections
GOES – Energetic particles, X-Ray flux and X-Ray images
POES/DMSP – LEO space wx ionospheric sensors
SEON – Ground-based solar observatories
DISS – Ground-based ionospheric measurements
TEC – GPS-derived ionospheric measurements
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Summary
• SSA is critical to protecting space systems and
providing assured space services—military, civil, and
commercial
• Need for robust SSA infrastructure
• Continue planning and budgeting for space
environment capabilities
• Bigger challenge than any one on us can tackle
• Opportunities: Effective Partnerships—Cross
Agency, Academia, and International
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